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Palaeomagnetic results suggest a possible sequence for the fragmentation of the land masses around the Indian Ocean.
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MCELHINNY, M. Formation of the Indian Ocean. Nature 228, 977–979 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/228977a0
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